Wildlife

What a rat in your dream traditionally means, read by color, number and setting, with the biblical, Native American, Celtic and East Asian versions kept apart.

Snake dreams point to change you have not faced yet. What being bitten, chased or killing the snake means, tradition by tradition.

Fox tracks are narrow 2 to 2.5 in ovals with four toes and a chevron bar on the heel. Here is how to read them in snow, mud and sand, and how to rule out dog, cat and coyote.

Bear tracks show five toes and claw marks ahead of the pads. Sizes by species, snow and mud differences, and the dog and cat look alikes.

Healthy axolotl poop is a dark string with no white urate. Here is what pale, white or stringy waste means, how often they poop, and how to siphon it.

Tortoise droppings are firm, fibrous brown logs with a white urate beside them. Here is what each color means and which look-alikes fool keepers.

Gecko droppings carry a chalky white tip, mouse droppings do not. Size, shape, location and cleanup for both, plus the roach, rat and bat lookalikes.

Healthy chameleon poop is a dark pellet with a white urate cap. Here is what the colors mean, how often they poop, and when the stool is an emergency.

The Florida box turtle stays under 6 inches, lives past 40 years, and is protected from collection statewide. How to identify it and what to do if you find one.

Bats symbolize rebirth and intuition in most traditions and death in European folklore. What a bat in the house or at your window means.